Guns N’ Roses welcomed to Sydney by Angus Young

AC/DC icon Angus Young greets Guns N’ Roses as they touch down in Sydney - wearing an orange security vest at the airport

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Angus Young with Guns N' Roses at last year's Coachella festival

Guns N’ Roses touched down in Sydney last night for the latest round of dates on their Australian Not In This Lifetime tour.

But when they were about to leave the aircraft, they were momentarily held up because of a security check – but the real reason was that AC/DC guitarist Angus Young wanted to personally welcome them to the city.

Bassist Duff McKagan says on Twitter: “Told we had to stay on plane last night in Sydney – ‘airport security’ wanted to do a check. We waited. It was Angus Young in an orange vest!”

Fernando Lebeis, a member of Guns N’ Roses management team, later posted a picture on Instagram of a bouquet of flowers from Young and his wife to the band.

Guns N’ Roses will play two nights at the city’s ANZ Stadium over the weekend – and speculation is mounting as to whether Young will join the band onstage.

He previously appeared with GNR at the Coachella festival in April last year, where he led the band through AC/DC tracks Riff Raff and Whole Lotta Rosie.

The two camps have grown closer since Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose joined AC/DC for their live Rock Or Bust shows after Brian Johnson was forced to take a step back from the Aussie giants due to hearing problems in early 2016.